An arrangement that determines the wages and working conditions of an individual employee negotiated between the employee and their employer

• FWC

• Modern Awards

• Enterprise Agreements

• Individual common law contracts

A method of resolving disputes whereby discussions between employee and employer results in a compromise and an agreement about a dispute

• Negotiation

• Mediation

• Conciliation

• Arbitration

Sets out minimum wages and working conditions for employees doing a particular job in a particular industry

• FWC

• Modern Awards

• Enterprise Agreements

• Individual common law contracts

An advantage of modern awards is:

• Wage equality and transparency across the industry

• Easier to build in individualised productivity incentives

• Flexibility to suit the varied needs of individuals

• Less wage equality and transparency across industry and workplace

An advantage of individual common law contracts is:

• Wage equality and transparency across the industry

• Easier to build in individualised productivity incentives

• Flexibility to suit the varied needs of individuals

• Less wage equality and transparency across industry and workplace

Sets outs the wages and working conditions for a particular workplace made between an employer and employees.

• FWC

• Modern Awards

• Enterprise Agreements

• Individual common law contracts

A method of resolving disputes where an independent third party participates in the resolution of a dispute between employee and employer through discussion and suggesting strategies and solutions

• Negotiation

• Mediation

• Conciliation

• Arbitration

Provides an orderly system whereby the employee and employer can resolve matters relating to complaints about wages, hours, working conditions or disciplinary action

A method of resolving disputes that occurs when a ‘judge’ (such as a commissioner of the Fair Work Commission) hears both arguments in a dispute in a more formal court-like setting and determines the outcome

• Negotiation

• Mediation

• Conciliation

• Arbitration

A disadvantage of enterprise agreements is:

• Wage equality and transparency across the industry

• Easier to build in individualised productivity incentives

• Flexibility to suit the varied needs of individuals

• Less wage equality and transparency across industry and workplace